Cold spark machines
Indoor-safe spark fountains for the entrance, first dance, or send-off.
Also called: cold sparks, spark machines, sparkular, spark fountains.
When couples book this
Usually booked about 3 months out — venue sign-off wants lead time too. It moves with your date.
Your wishlist, before you talk to anyone
Questions you can answer early — they become the yardstick you compare candidates against.
Where do you want the sparks?
What to ask each candidate
Facts that differ from one vendor to the next — worth writing down while you shop.
Insured and venue-ready?
Venues usually ask for a certificate of insurance naming them — a fact to compare candidates on.
What settles once booked
The working details you and your vendor pin down together.
Has the venue approved spark machines?
How many machines?
Two flank an entrance or a first dance; four ring a send-off.
What time do they arrive?
The time you agreed together, not an estimate worked back from the ceremony.
What times are set on the day?
One row per moment — a serving round, a pickup leg, a person's slot, a set. Each row becomes its own block on your run of show, labeled with whatever you type, so name it for whoever will be reading it.
What time do they finish?
Who do you call on the day?
The name and cell number of whoever is on site — not the office line.
Where do they come in, and where do they park?
The load-in door or dock, where the vehicles go, and who opens up.
Do they need a meal?
Counts toward your caterer's vendor-meal number.
What balance is due on the day?
Your own figure, from your contract — what is still owed when they arrive.
What gratuity are you planning?
Your own figure. It rides beside the balance on the day-of money sheet.
How it lands on your day
Spark moments
Seconds-long activations cued to the chosen moments — the operator runs them, your DJ or coordinator calls them.
Set time
One block per row of the cell's dayof_service_times answer; the row's own label names it, and its `until` makes it a window.
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced as one flat amount.
Lines that sometimes ride along: Additional activations.
What your vendor reads from your plan
Book on or off Beetrothed — either way the plan assembles a brief your vendor can work from: sign-off, the moments, the event, contacts.
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Plan your cold spark machines — and everything around it
These questions live as one cell of a connected plan: your budget, guest list, checklist and timeline all read from the same answers. See the whole board work, or join the waitlist and we’ll write when it’s your turn.
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